About Us
Medical Mission Exchange(MMEX) is a free, online database of short- and long-term medical missions serving the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Belize. MMEX gives medical mission organizations a way to share information among one another so they can capitalize on each other's strengths, and better serve their patients.
To participate, just go to the home page and click on "Add your trip here." If you prefer, you can email your trip information to us at paulgerke@mmex.org. MMEX, a non-profit organization, is dependent on medical mission organizations to keep their entries current, and therefore useful. The information you share could help other medical missions in their work helping patients in need. We hope the information other organizations have already provided will help your organization in its mission serving patients.
Why MMEX?
Imagine you are a general practitioner traveling to a small town in the Dominican Republic with a medical mission team. Once there, you meet patients with a variety of problems. Some of the illnesses you can treat, but others are outside your area of expertise. What do you say to the patient who needs a neurologist or a plastic surgeon? You may not know where to turn, because you know little about other medical mission teams serving the area. Unfortunately, this is a common problem.
Now imagine you can access a database that lists medical mission teams planning trips to the town you are visiting, or nearby towns. What if you could look for specialists, and find a neurologist planning a trip in a month? And what if the database included contact information for the neurologist and the mission group organizing the trip? This information might make it possible for you to make an appointment for your patient with the appropriate specialist, rather than having to turn someone away without treatment. This is the reason Medical Mission Exchange (MMEX) was founded: to connect the people doing the important work of medical missions so that more people can be helped in the best way possible.
Going on a medical mission trip?
Step One: Download a Medical Mission Contact List and Schedule
Before you go on your trip, download a custom contact list to help with patient referrals and arranging for follow up care. Directions:1) In Search box (above right) choose the
dates and country. Click "Go."
2) On Search Results page select "Printer
Friendly Results."
3) Print results.
Step Two:Add your trip here!
Let other organizations know your plans-- by sharing information among one another, all medical missions can help underserved patients find appropriate medical specialists in Central America and the Caribbean.Please feel free to contact us and give us feedback. We are eager to find ways to help all medical missionaries serve their clients even better.